Chapter 155

Chapter 155: The Gate of Apocalypse Rebirth – Full Novel Website

Chapter 155: Chapter 155

Countless spine-chilling screams and dragging footsteps echoed clearly in the silent night sky. UC Novel Website: Fierce and terrifying zombies shuffled through the streets and alleys, mostly wandering aimlessly, often circling in one place until they caught a scent that made their thick, foul blood boil, driving them into a frenzy. Following their instincts, they advanced without hesitation, their unbearable hunger tormenting their brain nerves, forcing them to seek fresh flesh to nourish their rotting bodies.

Scent, light, and sound.

In the zombies’ brain nerves, these translated to one word—food.

A sharp screech of brakes pierced the silent night—accompanied by Xia Yu’s panicked cry: “Reverse! Reverse! Quick, reverse!”

A zombie’s face pressed against the windshield, its right eyeball burst open, while the intact left eye slowly rolled around, as if scrutinizing the people inside the car. More zombies turned and closed in. Gu Ning didn’t look at the dense swarm approaching; instead, she focused on the rearview mirror, steering sharply, reversing back the way they came. After a quick retreat, she executed a 180-degree turn, the car’s tail scraping against a wall, sparks flying. Gu Ning gripped the wheel firmly, then slammed the accelerator, and the car roared like a ferocious beast, speeding away!

Xia Yu collapsed in her seat, drenched in cold sweat inside her down jacket. Had they reacted even a second slower, they would have been surrounded by hundreds of zombies. Without special abilities, being trapped in a narrow car would mean certain death.

This was already the fifth industrial zone they had searched—either emptied out or overrun by zombies. They had nearly crashed into a zombie nest earlier. Even Gu Ning felt a lingering fear, lamenting their bad luck today.

Ji Jiuzhe, however, showed no signs of anxiety. He looked out the rear window, his gaze sharp, and suddenly said, “Evolved zombies are catching up.” He paused, as if making a judgment: “About six of them. Gu Ning, open the window!”

Gu Ning immediately unlocked the window. Ji Jiuzhe rolled it down, sticking his gun out, one hand holding the gun and the other a flashlight mounted on it. The moment the zombie’s face was exposed to the beam, Ji Jiuzhe pulled the trigger—

The silenced pistol made no sound, and the evolved zombies chasing the car fell one by one, silently.

“Watch out!” Gu Ning’s pupils constricted sharply as she shouted!

Xia Yu, not yet reacting, instinctively turned to look out the window, only to see a massive shadow closing in rapidly! Then came a loud bang! The car shook violently, the tires screeching as the entire vehicle was shoved sideways by the force of the impact!

Gu Ning gripped the wheel tightly, struggling to control the car, but against such a massive force, it was futile. The car spun onto the roadside, crashing into an iron fence!

Since they had planned to abandon the car at any moment, they hadn’t fastened their seatbelts. Xia Yu’s head slammed into the window, a sharp pain followed by dizziness. Before she could react, Gu Ning yanked her out of the driver’s seat!

Dragged out several meters, Xia Yu was still dazed when another loud crash sounded! Something unseen fell from the sky, slamming onto the car roof, instantly caving it in! Xia Yu was fully awake now—had she not been pulled out, her head would have been crushed! A wave of fear washed over her.

Gu Ning’s eyes were fixed on the mutated beast on the car roof, her hand pulling Xia Yu up from the ground: “Can you stand?”

“Y-yes,” Xia Yu’s voice trembled as she looked at the massive, blurry figure on the roof. “What is that?”

Gu Ning, cautiously backing away while pulling Xia Yu, said, “A mutated beast, looks like a wolf…” If Xia Yu could see Gu Ning’s face, she would have noticed how pale it was.

“A wolf…” Xia Yu’s teeth chattered.

Gu Ning stared at the mutated beast, now several times larger, her expression grim. The last time they faced a mutated beast, it was a black bear, and even a dozen special ability users couldn’t handle it. Now, with only three people and no special abilities…

This was a canine mutated beast, possibly a wolf. Though smaller than the black bear, its powerful limbs and sharp fangs were still terrifying—

“Ji, Ji Captain?” Xia Yu suddenly asked.

Gu Ning’s heart skipped a beat, realizing something was wrong. Where was Ji Jiuzhe?!

Xia Yu said in horror, “Could he be trapped in the car?!”

“Impossible,” Gu Ning said firmly. Ji Jiuzhe couldn’t have reacted slower than her; he must have escaped already. She scanned the surroundings but found no trace of him.

Xia Yu hesitated, “Could he have run off first…”

This time, Gu Ning didn’t firmly deny it. If it were Ji Jiuzhe from another world, she believed he would have stayed to fight alongside her. But this world’s Ji Jiuzhe? They weren’t close, connected only through Zhuang Chen. Xia Yu was even less connected. Could he have abandoned them without a second thought, taking advantage of the distraction to escape? The more Gu Ning thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, sending chills down her spine. Along with that, an inexplicable disappointment and sadness she couldn’t understand.

All this seemed long, but only a few minutes had passed since the crash.

At that moment, the mutated wolf turned its head, its glowing eyes fixed on the two. It seemed to be contemplating which part to devour first.

Gu Ning swallowed hard. Now wasn’t the time to grieve over Ji Jiuzhe’s “abandonment.” She whispered, “On the count of three, we run in opposite directions.”

Xia Yu looked at her in panic, “Huh?”

“One—”

“Where do I run?”

“Two—”

Gu Ning didn’t stop.

Xia Yu quickly looked around for an escape route.

“Three—run!”

Gu Ning shouted softly, dashing towards the fence. She vaulted over it and sprinted forward without looking back! Meanwhile, Xia Yu ran in the opposite direction. The mutated wolf leaped off the car roof, chasing after Xia Yu without hesitation! Xia Yu glanced back, saw the wolf charging at her, and was terrified, running for her life without daring to look back! Gu Ning was incredibly fast, almost like a flash of lightning, reaching the roadside in an instant. She didn’t even look back to see if the wolf was chasing her, climbing a tree swiftly until she reached the top. From her vantage point, she saw the wolf pursuing Xia Yu! Xia Yu was running at nearly human limits, but there was no way she could outrun a mutated wolf—Gu Ning could already envision the gruesome scene of Xia Yu being torn apart. She steadied her gun, aiming through the branches at the rapidly moving wolf—

The wolf’s dizzying speed and Xia Yu’s constant change of direction made it hard to aim. Gu Ning’s forehead beaded with sweat; Xia Yu wouldn’t last much longer…

Finally! As the wolf leaped, Gu Ning aimed at its belly and pulled the trigger without hesitation—

“Argh!—”

The wolf let out a pained howl, stopping its pursuit of Xia Yu upon landing. Instead, it turned towards Gu Ning, baring its sharp fangs in fury!

Gu Ning’s brow twitched. She clearly saw two bleeding wounds on the wolf—one on its belly, the other on its neck. She had only fired one shot, hitting the belly. The neck wound… Her eyes lit up with uncontrollable joy—it was Ji Jiuzhe!

Sorry for the delay, little chapter.